Taking NATO down for a week in 1999 put Serbian hackers on the map. This weekend the Balkan Computer Congress puts Balkan hackers firmly on the global stage at the first-ever Balkan hacker conference.
Because hackers are under such scrutiny and debate right now, and because hackers have literally changed the world we live in - as well as royally pissed off so many people - we know that this is leading somewhere.

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